“Many people looked upon the Tamil Eelam struggle as a hope against the capitalist scheme we have everywhere,” said Gontzal Martinez de la Hidalga, a member of Komite Internazionalistak and an internationalist activist, who has been has worked alongside the Permanent People’s Tribunal (PPT) held in Dublin and Bremen, which concluded that the Sri Lankan State was guilty of genocide against the nation of Eezham Tamils and that the USA and UK were complicit in the genocidal process, was optimistic about the future Tamil Eelam struggle and was promoting Eezham Tamils to interact more with the Latin American people and with other stateless nations in the world. The Basque people have been exemplary in linking their solidarity movement with other oppressed nations and with the Spanish-speaking alternative world, particularly in Latin America. Solidarity and rights-oriented activism are important to address the global and regional injustices against the stateless nations and people subjected to oppression, he said in an interview to TamilNet. Full story: http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=38286 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0iyCGL3ow8

In remembrance of the late M.K. Eelaventhan, a veteran Eezham Tamil activist and a former Tamil National Alliance Member of Parliament, who recently passed away in Canada at the age of 91, TamilNet will be releasing an interview recorded back in 2006. This is the first Short from that interview. More Shorts to follow. Full interview will be published later. Useful links: Reminding Britain of its geostrategic injustice against Eezham Tamils: https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=36867 Doyen of FP, uncompromising on Tamil National question https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=16023 Ceylon: A Divided Nation: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41030609-ceylon 200 years of British colonial outlook continues to haunt Eezham Tamils: https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=36804 UK long blighted cause of Eezham Tamils, contributed to genocide: https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=37129 British State complicity in genocide of Eezham Tamils explored in new report: https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=37293 Tamils must remind Britain of its obligations on February 04: Brian Senewiratne: https://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=34848 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE5ZQw7JiPE